Section (5) group
Name
group — user group file
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/group file is a
text file that defines the groups on the system. There is one
entry per line, with the following format:
group_name:password:GID:user_list
The fields are as follows:
group_name-
the name of the group.
password-
the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
GID-
the numeric group ID.
user_list-
a list of the usernames that are members of this group, separated by commas.
SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), gpasswd(1), groups(1), login(1), newgrp(1), sg(1), getgrent(3), getgrnam(3), gshadow(5), passwd(5), vigr(8)
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